Being a one-person Security Operations Center for Virtualizationreview.com

Here’s my last catch up blog post, for my latest columns which has only been live for about a week. It covers how I use Sentinel and the Microsoft 365 Defender XDR suite to protect my client’s digital estates and how I couldn’t do it without these great tools.

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Microsoft–Do better for virtualizationreview.com

My second last catch up blog post, this time about my August article, where I cover Microsoft’s security screw ups over the last few years, culminating in the Storm 0558 hack. I outline what I see as a weakening security culture at Microsoft, which needs to change for them to regain our trust.

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Confidential Computing for Virtualization Review

I’m catching up on the last few months of my column on virtualizationreview.com. This one is from April 2023, where I look at Confidential Computing in Azure and how I think this will become much more mainstream in the future.

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Column for Virtualizationreview.com – Network Connectivity in and to Azure: Private Link

My second virtualizationreview.com  column for this month was published recently, here I look at networking in Azure in the context of the recently released preview of Private Link. Read it here.

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Column for Virtualizationreview.com – Review: Azure Advanced Threat Protection and Advanced Threat Analytics

I’ve had two columns published over at virtualizationreview.com in the last month, this one looks at Azure Advanced Threat Protection (AATP) and Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA). Both are fantastic technologies to spot intruders in your AD infrastructure. Read it here.

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Column for Virtualizationreview.com – A Look at Azure Confidential Computing

Back in early February my first monthly column over at virtualizationreview.com was published. In this one I review Azure Confidential Computing, how it works and what the benefits may be in the future. Read it here.

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Column for Virtualizationreview.com – What’s New in the GA Release of Microsoft Windows Admin Center

My article on Windows Admin Center (WAC), the artist formerly known as Project Honolulu is now online at virtualizationreview.com. In this article I cover the different deployment options, extensions, and the security improvements over the earlier preview versions. Read it here.

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